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Is the translation of the Deer and the Cauldron by John Minford as good as those done in the translation forums? Those are superb. Just wanted a few personal reviews from anybody who has read it since it'll be about $100USD total to buy all 5 books. Thanks.
it is if you can get over his literal translation of chinese characters....
he translates Sui Bo's name as Little Trinket:eh: :thumbsdow
It's Jin Yongs best work ever. so yeah it's worth buying
If you want to read it first hand, yes it is worth it. I doubt anyone will translate the book here, since it is already done.
There are only 3 books.
they are expensive >.<
I was cheap and borrowed from the library :D
I've been debating about buying also. I tried to borrow from library but the best Chicago public library could do was find me Book 2 and that took about a month. As a comparison, I find the translations on the forum and wuxiapedia much more exciting and some of Book 2 (Minford) to read like textbook. That being said, its still my favorite so I hope to own the whole set one day.
side note - i've been hoping my fiance would get me the set for birthday or christmas gift. i've even joked to friends about getting completed translated works in lieu of wedding ring -- but no one understood (Americans uniniated in wuxia) and just stared at me as if I was crazy.
I had all three.
They are not really expensive at all.
Quality wise, they do not meet our strict forum translators standard, but it is generally pretty good, except for book 3 which i believe must be abridged.
I think as a whole, the set cost me about $100.. Of course I jumped on the bandwagon when Book 1 came out and was about ready to die when Book 3 finally came out 5 years later. Book 3 is abridged and the author stated so in his intro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Han Solo
Well I definitely think it's worth it, if not for that series I probably wouldn't be over here.:)
believe it or not - Amazon.com has pretty good overviews/reviews of this set of books. Should give you a good idea.
maybe Christmas this year???
Don't really like this Novel.
I just wanted to say **ahem, brag** that I finally tracked down all three books and they are now in my posession!!!
yippee!
It depends, are you doing it just to read the story a couple times or do you really want to own it?
You can probably get it on the internet, but I've always liked the books better, so it's up to you.
i tried to find the English online but all the sites I found with translations got locked down because the books were out.
either way, i've wanted to own the English set forever...just wish there was cantonese audio version so I could listen and read the Chinese, but that sounds like expensive option too.
i just met someone yesterday with complete set of JY novels signed by Jin Yong -- they moved and misplaced all the books.
Ohhhh you're buying the english version, never mind then, I meant the Chinese version is all over the internet.